Confusing Pricklypear

Opuntia confusa, Catalina Rd, Tucson, AZ Opuntia confusa, Confusing Pricklypear Holotype; Isotype; Isotype; Isotype; Isotype; Isotype; Herbarium; Herbarium Original Description What is Opuntia confusa? Opuntia confusa is notable for variable spination: some pads show heavier, angular, spreading spines reminiscent of O. engelmannii, while others bear slender spines, often one upright and one deflexed, as in […]